Camping at Millers Flat

With Ginger being out of town, our good friends the Densley's invited me to go camping with them up at Millers Flat in Fairview Canyon. Bryon's mom had gone up earlier in the week to reserve a camping spot. It turned out to be a good thing because by Friday when Michelle, Larry and I arrived all the camping spots were full. It was the busiest that anyone had ever seen it up there.

We spent Saturday morning and afternoon fishing on Miller's Flat Reservoir. Between the three of us fishing we caught eight rainbow trout. Most of them were released but we kept two to cook up for dinner.

Bryon adding the second fish that we kept to the chain.

I cooked up the fish with some butter and spices (courtesy of the Denlseys) and wrapped them in aluminum foil and cooked them on the coals of our camp fire. One fish got completely devoured before I even had a chance to take a picture. Even the people who don't usually eat trout said they thought it tasted good.

Dinner provided by the lake. He wasn't big, but he sure was tastey!


Larry with a mischievous look on his face.

After dark we were sitting around the campfire enjoying some conversation. Bryon got up to go see a man about a horse and while wandering off in the dark he heard something scuff the ground a few yards away from him. He came back to the fire circle and got a flash light so see what had made the noise. The flashlight quickly revealed two deer who were grazing on the foliage right in the middle of the campground! We shined the lights on them and even tried to see how close we could get before they trotted off a couple of times. The deer didn't seem too concerned with the sluggish bipeds who were more of a nuisance than a threat.

Picture take of the dear with the nightvision mode on the camera.

All in all, it was a great relaxing weekend in the mountains with good friends. I am greatful that they invited me and look forward to more adventures in the future.